User Manual

Refreshing Media Directories
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The information in this topic applies only to media on local drives or on unmanaged shared
storage drives. The information does not apply to shared storage managed by Avid Interplay. For
more information, see the Interplay documentation.
Bins contain references to media files based on the contents of the bin. Your Avid editing
application does not maintain the entire database in memory at all times. Instead, it builds up a
partial database for the bins that have been opened in the current session to preserve as much
memory as possible for editing.
If you store the master clips and the edited sequences for a project in separate bins, you need to
load the entire database to relink clips to their media files in the following two cases:
• Recapturing: When you recapture the master clips while the sequences bin is closed, quit
and restart your Avid editing application, and open the sequences bin only—the sequences
might appear to be offline.
• Consolidating: When you consolidate the master clips and relink them to the consolidated
media while the sequences bin is closed, quit and restart your Avid editing application, and
open the sequences bin only—the sequences might appear to be offline.
To update the offline sequences with the new media files:
t Select File > Load Media Database.
Your Avid editing application loads all online master clips and precomputes.
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You do not need to load the media database more than once during a single editing session
because the database remains in memory until you quit your Avid editing application or restart
your system.
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If a bin continues to display the message “Media Offline” after loading the media database,
either the media files are missing or the links have been broken. For more information, see
“Relinking Media Files” on page 467.
Refreshing Media Directories
Each media folder (OMFI MediaFiles and Avid MediaFiles) includes database files for the
media in that folder. The Refresh Media Directories command reexamines all the media folders
(directories) on the system and determines whether any of the files are out of date and need to be
rebuilt. If so, it tells your Avid editing application to rebuild the files.
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The information in this section applies only to media on local drives or on unmanaged shared
storage drives. The information does not apply to storages (local or shared) that are managed by
Avid Interplay. For more information, see the Interplay documentation.